Question:Hi, I am Diane Snyder and my fiance Tony and I are getting married at St. Francis Septmber 12, 2009. I was wondering if you have any words of advise regarding the Spetember wedding you had? Anything soecial about the church we should know, or the area? We are from Ohio so are coming at it sort of cold, thanks for your time.

Response from the couple:My special advice is to request that the wedding coordinator stay until you leave the church. The person St. francis provided to us did not and then after she left the pastor from St. Francis (Father Bob, who did not performe our ceremony, we had a priest from LA come for the event) yelled at the wedding party and our photographer and demanded that we get out immediately, even though we had been informed we could use teh church until 4:00 pm for photographs, etc. He actually made me cry, never apologized and never congratulated us on our marriage. I thought his behavior was highly un-Christ like and very regrettable, especially given the increasing infrequency of young people chosing to receive the sacrament of marriage. I am only providing this negative information to you because you wrote to me twice. Now you can prepare. I hope you will not have to work with him or that you have a better experience. I think it is wonderful that you and Tony have decided to receive the sacrament of marriage and whatever little problems happen on your wedding day I hope you enjoy it thoroughly. I am happy to give you other advice about Incline Village if you need it. Where are you having your reception?

Response:Wow I am so sorry that you had such a crabby guy at your wedding! I am grateful for the advice; we will ask Suzanne to stay so we don;t have that problem. I thought the priest they are providing is Father Bill Nadeau - did I mix up his first name? Is that the same guy? They ahve been most clear that we muct be out by 3:30 PM.

Here is a question - I would like to have a Mass, but would you recommend the shorter Nuptual ceremony instead?

We will be having a quiet dinner at CalNeva. ever been there? Feel free to tell me, good or bad, some plans we cannot change and others we can!

We are also having a rehesal dinner at Azzarro's. Any feedback about that would be great, we haeva small party of about 15. I am happy as long as the food is safe and reasonably Italian, does not have to be fussy, we are pretty easy going.

Thank you for the encouragement regarding the Sacrament. I had been away feom the Catholic Church after an ugly experience many years ago and raised my children as Christians in non Catholic denominations, but returned after mny divorce for the comfort of the quiet and traditions. People leave you alone in the Cathoic Church unless you want to join something, and I needed that healing time. I can't even tell you why I thought it was so important, I just sort of have a peace in my soul about it and am blessed to be able to marry in the Catholic Church. Tony and I are both older, my kids are grown, so it is a little different I suppose.

Response from the couple:Actually, his name is Father Bill. I am sure you will have a better experience with him. I don't know why he was so grouchy with us. They told us we had until four pm. Perhaps they changed the rule after our wedding.

Have the full mass! How intimate and beautiful that will be with your small group. What a great celebration it will be.

We stayed at the Cal-Neva on our wedding night and although the hotel could use some updating we had a wonderful time there and the veiws were amazing.

Another great place to have dinner with a group your size is GarWoods. It is maybe 5 miles away but the food is very good and it is right on the lake. We had our rehearsal dinner there.

Many blessings for you and your marriage. I will keep you in my prayers.

Question:Hi there,I know it has been a few years since your wedding, but I wanted to ask what you thought about the Chateau?I am having my ceremony at St Francis and reception at the Chateau. Any feedback would be great!! Thanks so much

Question:Hi, I am Diane Snyder and my fiance Tony and I are getting married at St. Francis Septmber 12, 2009. I was wondering if you have any words of advise regarding the Spetember wedding you had? Anything soecial about the church we should know, or the area? We are from Ohio so are coming at it sort of cold, thanks for your time.

Response from the couple:My special advice is to request that the wedding coordinator stay until you leave the church. The person St. francis provided to us did not and then after she left the pastor from St. Francis (Father Bob, who did not performe our ceremony, we had a priest from LA come for the event) yelled at the wedding party and our photographer and demanded that we get out immediately, even though we had been informed we could use teh church until 4:00 pm for photographs, etc. He actually made me cry, never apologized and never congratulated us on our marriage. I thought his behavior was highly un-Christ like and very regrettable, especially given the increasing infrequency of young people chosing to receive the sacrament of marriage. I am only providing this negative information to you because you wrote to me twice. Now you can prepare. I hope you will not have to work with him or that you have a better experience. I think it is wonderful that you and Tony have decided to receive the sacrament of marriage and whatever little problems happen on your wedding day I hope you enjoy it thoroughly. I am happy to give you other advice about Incline Village if you need it. Where are you having your reception?

Response:Wow I am so sorry that you had such a crabby guy at your wedding! I am grateful for the advice; we will ask Suzanne to stay so we don;t have that problem. I thought the priest they are providing is Father Bill Nadeau - did I mix up his first name? Is that the same guy? They ahve been most clear that we muct be out by 3:30 PM.

Here is a question - I would like to have a Mass, but would you recommend the shorter Nuptual ceremony instead?

We will be having a quiet dinner at CalNeva. ever been there? Feel free to tell me, good or bad, some plans we cannot change and others we can!

We are also having a rehesal dinner at Azzarro's. Any feedback about that would be great, we haeva small party of about 15. I am happy as long as the food is safe and reasonably Italian, does not have to be fussy, we are pretty easy going.

Thank you for the encouragement regarding the Sacrament. I had been away feom the Catholic Church after an ugly experience many years ago and raised my children as Christians in non Catholic denominations, but returned after mny divorce for the comfort of the quiet and traditions. People leave you alone in the Cathoic Church unless you want to join something, and I needed that healing time. I can't even tell you why I thought it was so important, I just sort of have a peace in my soul about it and am blessed to be able to marry in the Catholic Church. Tony and I are both older, my kids are grown, so it is a little different I suppose.

Response from the couple:Actually, his name is Father Bill. I am sure you will have a better experience with him. I don't know why he was so grouchy with us. They told us we had until four pm. Perhaps they changed the rule after our wedding.

Have the full mass! How intimate and beautiful that will be with your small group. What a great celebration it will be.

We stayed at the Cal-Neva on our wedding night and although the hotel could use some updating we had a wonderful time there and the veiws were amazing.

Another great place to have dinner with a group your size is GarWoods. It is maybe 5 miles away but the food is very good and it is right on the lake. We had our rehearsal dinner there.

Many blessings for you and your marriage. I will keep you in my prayers.

Question:Hi there,I know it has been a few years since your wedding, but I wanted to ask what you thought about the Chateau?I am having my ceremony at St Francis and reception at the Chateau. Any feedback would be great!! Thanks so much